Poetry Performance/Workshop

This poetry and music performance will include poetry by Diana Norma Szokolyai, music by Dennis Shafer and David Krebs, Soundpainting, and an invitation to become involved in the performance with an interactive component. Diana Norma Szokolyai is a writer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator. Her books are CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos & Sourcebook for Creative Writing, Parallel Sparrows, and Roses in the Snow. Her work has been published in MER VOX Quarterly, VIDA, Quail Bell Magazine, The Boston Globe, Critical Romani Studies Journal and has been anthologized in Other Countries: Contemporary Poets Rewiring History and Teachers As Writers. Her poetry has been translated into German and her poetry-music collaborations have been featured in several independent international films and have hit the Creative Commons Hot 100 list. She is co-founder/co-director of the Cambridge Writers’ Workshop and Chagall Performance Art Collaborative, a collaborative of local artists with a studio on Artists Row in Salem, MA. She holds an Ed.M in Arts in Education from Harvard University, and an M.A. in French from UConn. She is also a candidate for an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.